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IN RE W.L.H.

No. S12G1049.

739 S.E.2d 322 (2013)

292 Ga. 521

In the Interest of W.L.H., a child.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Brudner Duff , Loganville, for appellant.

Jane Garrett Okrasinski , Athens, Aimee Elizabeth Stowe , DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center, Gregory A. Adams Juvenile Justice Center, Decatur, Nathan Andrew Hayes , Coy Jerome Johnson, Jr. , Willie Jake Lovett, Jr. , Miles J. Alexander , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Kirsten Lynette Widner , Melissa D. Carter , Emory University School of Law, Barton Child Law and Policy Center, Michael Adam Caplan , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Angela Tanzella Tyner , Georgia Casa , Atlanta, J. Richard Hammett, Baker & Mckenzie, Houston, for amicus appellant.

Calandra A. Harps , Asst. Atty. Gen., Dennis R. Dunn , Deputy Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Shalen S. Nelson , Sr. Asst. Gen., Shalen S. Nelson , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee Richard Moss , Prior, Daniel & Wiltshire, LLC, Madison, Woodrow Wilson Ware, III , Woodrow Wilson Ware, LLC, Athens, Fred Ray White, Conyers, for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

In this case, we granted an application for certiorari from the Court of Appeals' decision in In re: W.L.H., 314 Ga.App. 185, 723 S.E.2d 478 (2012) to determine whether a child in a deprivation action has standing to appeal when the child is represented by counsel and the child's guardian ad litem chooses not to appeal. Because the guardian ad litem is the legal protector...

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